RELEASED: Feb 22, 1952 Original Film Title: The Belle of New York. PICTURED: FRED ASTAIRE Prime Video: The Belle of New YorkThe Belle of New York (film, 1952) FilmVandaag.nlThe Belle of New York (1952) [Enhanced] : Fred Astaire, Vera Ellan, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn
The incomparable Fred Astaire teams with lithesome and beguiling Vera Ellen in this lavish turn of the century musical delight. Cast as a free spirited playboy, Astaire narrowly escapes marriage to a showbiz siren before chancing upon a delectable Bowery mission worker (Vera Ellen). This time, buoyed by the wings of "true love," he finds himself literally dancing on air up, up and away above the city rooftops and onto the Washington Square Arch!
The Belle of New York (1952) [Enhanced] : Fred Astaire, Vera Ellan, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn
The Belle of New York (film, 1952) FilmVandaag.nlTo prove his worth to this skeptical Daughter of the Right ("It's the uptrodden who need saving these days," he tells her), Astaire goes to work, first as a streetcar conductor, then as a song and dance waiter at a fancy restaurant. While trying to resolve their differences, the stars perform dazzling dance routines to Johnny Mercer and Harry Warren's warmly nostalgic score. Among the highlights are a spectacular sequence inspired by colorful Currier & Ives artwork, Vera Ellen's steamy "Naughty but Nice" and Astaire's knockout "I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man."
The incomparable Fred Astaire teams with lithesome and beguiling Vera Ellen in this lavish turn of the century musical delight. Cast as a free spirited playboy, Astaire narrowly escapes marriage to a showbiz siren before chancing upon a delectable Bowery mission worker (Vera Ellen). This time, buoyed by the wings of "true love," he finds himself literally dancing on air up, up and away above the city rooftops and onto the Washington Square Arch!
The Belle of New York (1952) [Enhanced] : Fred Astaire, Vera Ellan, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn
The Belle of New York (film, 1952) FilmVandaag.nlTo prove his worth to this skeptical Daughter of the Right ("It's the uptrodden who need saving these days," he tells her), Astaire goes to work, first as a streetcar conductor, then as a song and dance waiter at a fancy restaurant. While trying to resolve their differences, the stars perform dazzling dance routines to Johnny Mercer and Harry Warren's warmly nostalgic score. Among the highlights are a spectacular sequence inspired by colorful Currier & Ives artwork, Vera Ellen's steamy "Naughty but Nice" and Astaire's knockout "I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man."